Diplomatic Recruit: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Empress' Spy series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Diplomatic Recruit audiobook runs 9.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Lauren Ezzo (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9.1 hours, it runs longer than 53% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Empress' Spy
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 35.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diplomatic Recruit | 9.1 hrs |
| 2 | Diplomatic Crisis | 7.9 hrs |
| 3 | Diplomatic Resurgence | 9.2 hrs |
| 4 | Diplomatic Agent | 9.1 hrs |
More narrated by Lauren Ezzo
Lauren Ezzo narrates 386 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,621 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
2,015 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Diplomatic Recruit is book 1 of S.E. Weir's Empress' Spy series: a 9.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Lauren Ezzo, released February 22, 2022, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lauren Ezzo
- Released
- February 22, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Empress' Spy #1
- ISBN
- 9781666170382
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Diplomatic Recruit audiobook?
Diplomatic Recruit runs 9.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is the Diplomatic Recruit audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Diplomatic Recruit?
Diplomatic Recruit is narrated by Lauren Ezzo.